New York · Nonprofit
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,050,710 to it, the largest being US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ($7,856,425). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What The International Institute of Buffalo does
Mission
The mission of The International Institute of Buffalo is to make western new york a better place for, and because of, immigrants and refugees. We welcome, connect, and empower the foreign born, and encourage the region's support for different cultures.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Refugee integration - iib's resettlement program assisted 509 arrivals to buffalo in fy24, above our expected total of 468. All arrivals in the refugee resettlement program are provided core resettlement services after arrival. Trained interpreters are used for all meetings and translated documents are provided in the client's own language. Vital services included rental and food assistance, connections to and enrollments in allowable social services, and health screenings. All adult clients are connected to english language learning programs, while all minor arrivals are enrolled in local public schools. All arrivals also receive important community orientation, learning about laws and culture, healthcare systems, employment, education, and community services. The largest group of resettled individuals was from afghanistan, with 188 arrivals, or 37% of the total. This was followed by myanmar (burma) with 103 (20%), the democratic republic of the congo with 69 (14%), syria with 37 (7%), and colombia with 28 (6%). Other arrivals came from venezuela, iraq, sudan, somalia, nicaragua, eritrea, ethiopia, algeria, sri lanka, and pakistan. Iib's employment team assisted almost 300 people…
$3,147,968 spent56% of program spendingInterpreting/translation services - providing translation and interpreting services in more than 100 languages with more than 200 trained and certified translators and qualified interpreters. Services being provided to legal and government agencies, educational institutions, corporations, health and human services agencies, individuals, and more.
$1,641,378 spent$1,912,918 earned by the program29% of program spendingEducation & visitors - providing education to students, children, and adult professionals on global cultures. Services for students and children include academic worldquest, which is an international trivia competition, model united nations simulations, globalkids, whichincludes educating children and students on cultures from around the world (people, language, food, music, animals, arts & cratfs, world fashion, holidays around the world, etc.) and what distinguishes a refugee from an immigrant. International exchanges program aims to foster professional relationships across international borders. This is accomplished through the international visitors leadership program (ivlp) and open world leadership program. Ivlp is a professional exchange program whereby u.s. Embassies around the world nominate emerging leaders in various countries as delegates to come to the u.s. And meet with their professional counterparts to discuss best practices in their field of work. Delegates are also introduced to the traditional culture of the u.s. Host city to receive a well-rounded experience in the u.s. The open world leadership program is much like ivlp, but allows for delegates to stay in…
$233,606 spent$23,007 earned by the program4% of program spendingSurvivor support - assisting approximately 300 victims of domestic violence and human trafficking from 30 different counties, including the u.s., on an annual basis. Services and assistance include, but are not limited to, shelter and housing, food, clothing, interpreting,court advocacy, department of social services, employment, english classes, referrals or connections with agencies who provide mental health and addiction services and education advocacy.
$640,577 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,663,529.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.9M to $4.2M (−15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 25% · 2019 36% · 2020 48% · 2021 41% · 2022 66% · 2023 61% · 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jennifer Rizzo-Choi
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $2.1M.
5 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 63% · 2019 66% · 2020 47% · 2021 61% · 2022 81% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
39% of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $776k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO has grown faster than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.2M on record.
- Department of Justice$3.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$750k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO?
- THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,050,710 to it, the largest being US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ($7,856,425). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $10,050,710 in grants to THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO?
- US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,856,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing